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|lshtext=<b>Hermes</b>: or Herma, ae, m., = [[Ἑρμῆς]] | |lshtext=<b>Hermes</b>: or Herma, ae, m., = [[Ἑρμῆς]] ([[Hermes]], [[Mercury]]; [[hence]] transf., cf. Liddell and Scott under [[Ἑρμῆς]]),<br /><b>I</b> a [[Hermes]] [[pillar]], [[Hermes]], a [[head]] [[carved]] on the [[top]] of a [[square]] [[pedestal]] or [[post]]; [[such]] pillars of [[Hermes]] stood, esp. in [[Athens]], in [[several]] [[public]] places and [[before]] [[private]] houses, Macr. S. 1, 19; Serv. Verg. A. 8. 138; Nep. Alcib. 3; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; Juv. 8, 53.—<br /><b>II</b> Deriv.: Hermae-um, i, n., a [[temple]] of [[Hercules]], Hermœum.<br /> <b>A</b> The [[name]] of a [[summer]]-[[house]]: in diaetam, cui [[nomen]] est [[Hermaeum]], recesserat, Suet. Claud. 10.—<br /> <b>B</b> A [[frontier]] [[town]] of Bœotia, [[over]] [[against]] Eubœa, Liv. 35, 50, 9. | ||
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Revision as of 09:29, 13 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἑρμῆς -οῦ, ὁ, or say, son of Maia.
Temple of Hermes: Ἑρμαῖον, τό.
Statues of Hermes: Ἑρμαῖ, οἱ.
Small figure of Hermes: Ἑρμήδιον, τό (Ar., Pax. 924).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Hermes: or Herma, ae, m., = Ἑρμῆς (Hermes, Mercury; hence transf., cf. Liddell and Scott under Ἑρμῆς),
I a Hermes pillar, Hermes, a head carved on the top of a square pedestal or post; such pillars of Hermes stood, esp. in Athens, in several public places and before private houses, Macr. S. 1, 19; Serv. Verg. A. 8. 138; Nep. Alcib. 3; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; Juv. 8, 53.—
II Deriv.: Hermae-um, i, n., a temple of Hercules, Hermœum.
A The name of a summer-house: in diaetam, cui nomen est Hermaeum, recesserat, Suet. Claud. 10.—
B A frontier town of Bœotia, over against Eubœa, Liv. 35, 50, 9.
